Baniyo Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Baniyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 218 | 1:179,079 | 14,963 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Baniyo (88) may also be a first name.
Baniyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baniyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baniyo (Hindi: बनियो, Marathi: बािनयॉ) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baniyo? popularity and diffusion
Baniyo is the 998,609th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname Baniyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Baniyo live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most common first name on earth It is held by 88 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 179,079. In Uganda Baniyo is most prevalent in: Arua District, where 47 percent live, Maracha District, where 39 percent live and Hoima District, where 4 percent live. Beside Uganda it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baniyo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baniyo in the Marathi language | ||
| बािनयॉ | bainayo | 71.43 |
| बिनयॉ | binayo | 28.57 |
| Baniyo in the Hindi language | ||
| बनियो | baniyo | 42.86 |
| बनियॉ | baniyo | 42.86 |
| बनीयो | baniyo | 14.29 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baniyo
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